Line-Item Veto Is Back
Although the veto was popular among deficit hawks, the Supreme Court’s 6-3 rebuke more or less succeeded in convincing its backers that it would not be workable.
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Is the Red-Blue Divide Growing or Narrowing?
The other presidential victories since 1976 have ranged from 6 to 18 points.
The New Members of the Senate
Obama and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters: Malia, 6, and Sasha, 3.
The New Members of the House
Lungren comes by politics naturally: His father was Richard Nixon’s personal physician from 1951 to 1968, and Lungren started passing out political literature with his parents when he was 6.
Roll Call Casualty List
Defeated for Other Office 9 House: 6D, 3R; 1 Senate: 1D Brad Carson (D-Okla.), 37, 2 terms Mac Collins (R-Ga.), 60, 6 terms Peter
Scratching the 6-Year Itch
Scratching the 6-Year Itch -
Roll Call Casualty List
terms James Greenwood (R-Pa.), 53, 6 terms Amo Houghton (R-N.Y.), 78, 9 terms Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis.), 60, 11 terms Bill Lipinski (D-Ill.), 66, 11 terms Ken Lucas (D-Ky.), 71, 3 terms Karen McCarthy
Bars, Restaurants Hope to Get Out the Voters
Beverage voting between Massachusetts’ Sam Adams and Texas’ Shiner Bock, both of which will be sold for $3.50, ends at 6 p.m. A winner will be announced shortly thereafter.
Three-Month Period Imperils Presidency
Dec. 13 to Jan. 6 The next period has many more potential vulnerabilities, and the outcome of an attack or crisis that results in the death or incapacitation of the winning ticket is
Networks Promise Cautious Tone in All-Night Coverage
ABC The network launches its election coverage at 6:30 p.m. with its nightly news program, “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.”
High Court: Stay Out
If the high court had stayed out of the 2000 case, Congress would have chosen Bush within days of the constitutionally mandated date for counting electors, Jan. 6.
What Clues to Watch for Early on Election Night
Polls close in the Northern Kentucky 4th district at 6 p.m. Eastern time, so it could be the first competitive House race to report results.
Unlike 2000, Oregon, Washington May Not Delay Vote Count
This year, Kerry holds a lead of 4 points to 6 points in the most recent polls.
Redder? Bluer? Five Factors Should Provide Hints
Tom Daschle in South Dakota were all running (depending on which poll you believe) 6 to 20 points better than Gore did in their state in 2000. Will their good fortune hold up? No one knows yet.
Senate Special May Begin Wednesday
“I won’t have the $6 million that one of [the Congressmen] has, but I can raise enough to come to the table and be competitive. This is not a race that will go to the top bidder.”
Registration Wars in Ohio, Florida Produce a Draw
Kerry aide Joe Lockhart told me that his campaign’s polling indicates that undecided voters — 6 percent to 8 percent of the total — believe by a margin of 70 percent to 75 percent that the country is “
The Third Way: Will Small Parties Matter?
In Oklahoma, eccentric Independent Senate candidate Sheila Bilyeu has done surprisingly well in some recent polls, pulling 6 percent in one survey released last week. That could hurt Rep.
Grant’s Life, in Short
The event takes place at 6:30 p.m., and a book signing will follow.
Want a Scary Scenario for Presidential Chaos? Here Are a Few
That challenge, if it occurred, would be on Jan. 6, the date set by statute for Congress to meet, to take formal possession of the electoral votes, to consider them and to count them and ratify the
LOC Police Seek Compliance Investigation
According to a copy of the complaint provided to Roll Call, the Library’s Police Communications Center was shut down on Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. for approximately 50 minutes.